A/N: I realized something when I last updated this story immediately followed by updating Sneaky Love: I cannot update them back to back. LOL. Sneaky Love is a Kaoru/Haruhi story and this story has the twins as…well, you know. I almost wrote Hikaru as a complete ass, and he isn't in that story. So, I am moving Pleasure and Pain up in the rotation and putting a couple stories in between this and Sneaky Love. In the last chapter, you learned Kaoru's POV and also learned what Hikaru had done. There may be more to the story yet. I still have a few surprises for you with this story though. And the conspirators…you may or may not be right. Enjoy the new chapter!

Chapter 11 – Plane Ride

His head was killing him! It felt as if someone had taken a sledge hammer and used it as target practice…not a pleasant experience at all, and the low hum of something did nothing for the pain.

Groaning, Chika opened his eyes into slits and slowly moved them to and fro. He was on a plane and seated across from him was his older brother and the Shadow King. Pressure on his left arm told him there was someone else with them, but his head hurt too much to think of whom it could be.

"How's your head, Chika-Chan?" Hunny asked smiling. If he were to guess, he would say his brother could use a couple of aspirin or something stronger.

His hand moved to his throbbing appendage and pressed against his forehead. What had happened? And then everything came crashing back: his desire to see Haruhi, holding a shuriken against Tamaki's throat, his brother knocking him out…everything. Once again – and he had not had this particular level of murderous intent since high school – he wanted to kill his brother. And what was this thing leaning on him. Turning his head carefully to the left, he found a mop of blond hair and quickly pushed it off of him, "I'm not your fucking cuddle buddy!" He shouldn't have done that because the quick movement brought with it a sharp stabbing pain. His hands clutching his head, he groaned again.

"I do believe you will be needing this," Kyoya held out his hand, smirking.

"What is it? Poison? Trying to kill me so I don't have to walk down the aisle? No, thank you!" Chika snapped.

"It is nothing more than simple pain pill. A little stronger than your typical over the counter headache medicine, but nothing that will rob you of your senses or knock you out."

Did he risk it and take the pills, and thereby choosing to believe someone nick named the Shadow King for good reason, or did he decline and continue to suffer? It wasn't much of a choice when it came right down to it. Reaching out his hand, he accepted the pill that would bring him relief and threw it in his mouth before he had time to consider the benefits of the alternative.

"Here, Chika-Chan. Drink this," Hunny offered him a bottle of water to wash the pill down with.

He gladly accepted the water and then once again carefully turned towards the blond on his left. Tamaki had fallen against the window and wasn't moving a muscle, "What's wrong with him?" Surely what he had done prior to being knocked unconscious had not caused this sort of damage.

Pushing up his glasses, Kyoya's smile turned almost malicious and grew, "Shortly after take-off, our illustrious leader started to panic, spouting off nonsense about how you weren't suited for marriage and you were not allowed to see his daughter. We felt that it was in everyone's best interest if he was put to sleep for a brief period of time."

"What did you do that for? Isn't he one of your partners in crime?"

"Why would you think that?"

"He's here, isn't he? Therefore, he's a part of your whole scheme!"

Kyoya chuckled, "No."

A chill crawled up Chika's spine and he was suddenly worried, "Where are we going? Where's Haruhi?"

"All in good time."

Reaching around to his back, he tried to grab a shuriken only to find his weapons had been removed.

Hunny announced, "Sorry, Chika-Chan. I confiscated them all."

"What the hell is going on here?!" The younger Haninozuka demanded. To him, it didn't appear as if his brother was sorry at all.

The Shadow King sat back in his seat with an air of supremacy and answered, "I assure you that once we reach our destination, everything…at least most of it, will be revealed."

"You realize your buddy here is drooling all over your plane and hugging a teddy bear?"

"So it would seem."

"This doesn't bother you?"

"Should it?" Kyoya deadpanned. In all honesty, he had seen worse when it came to his best friend.

It was then that Chika realized, this was Kyoya Ootori. The same man who has had to deal with Hunny's nuances since high school…of course he wasn't shocked. "I suppose not," he grumbled looking directly at his older brother with a scowl on his face.

Giggling, Hunny told him, "Don't worry, Chika-Chan. We're taking you to Haru-Chan, but that's all I'm gonna say."

His heart started to speed up, "Really?" His question sounded full of doubt, but he was hopeful and happy.

"Yes. We brought along that blond idiot for cover. We couldn't exactly have a bachelor party without inviting everyone, and therefore, Tamaki had to come as well. It is well known that you are not on bad terms with him, even if you do have the urge to maim him on occasion," the bespectacled man replied.

"Just on occasion?"

"I was being polite," Kyoya smiled. "However, as your brother stated, we are indeed taking you to Haruhi's location. Once we get there, we will all have a nice little discussion."

There was something in his tone of voice that told Chika, arguing would not get him anywhere. If it were up to him, he and Haruhi would go where no one else resided and have their own discussion before they talk to anyone else. "Does Haruhi know?"

"I'm sure Satoshi and/or Mori have informed her of our imminent arrival."

"Satoshi and Takashi? What the hell?"

Hunny smiled again, "Calm down, Chika-Chan. They only took her away for a small break. She needed time and space to think about some things and we needed to know where she would be when you finally made your decision."

"My…?"

"If you weren't willing to throw it all away, we weren't going to help you," the older Haninozuka stated in all seriousness. "Haru-Chan deserves someone who wants to be with her and is willing to fight for her. No one could make that decision for you, but you." Hunny had always had an issue with the Haruhi/Hikaru relationship. It never felt natural and felt more like it had been forced, especially after they got engaged. At the wedding, she seemed happy enough, but hadn't been overly ecstatic or a blushing bride…just rolling with the punches type thing. And then when Hikaru started to speak badly about her, Hunny almost decked him on more than one occasion. Reiko was the light of his life, and he could never imagine talking anything but positive about her. Sure they've had their disagreements, however, it has never made him want to tell everyone how horrible she is/was. That's why nothing ever really sat right with Hunny when Hikaru started spouting his mouth. Even when he showed up with wounds, to him, they looked more self-inflicted. For example, the knife wound on the neck. Based on Haruhi's height to Hikaru's, the wound should have been much lower, unless he was sitting and she was standing, but Hikaru specifically stated that they had both been standing up when they were arguing in the kitchen. And then there was the fact that as Hikaru would drink, his story would change. Not the big "facts", but the little ones that most people would never notice or pick up on, but he had and it pissed him off. In fact, when Haruhi decided on getting a divorce, Hunny wanted to throw a party and had even bought her a cake "to console herself and make her feel better". At least, that's what he told her.

The younger man sat there for a moment before he narrowed his eyes and said, "You said you brought Tamaki for cover, but you didn't bring either Hikaru or Kaoru."

"We did not feel that their presence would be beneficial to the cause. Your family knows that you are not on the best terms with them and ergo, they were not needed for cover. They know nothing of what is happening and we shall endeavor to keep it that way," explained the one and only Shadow King. He did not want those two redheads to know anything until all of the other pieces had been put into place. Hikaru had his chance with the Host Club's secret princess and had ruined it, hurting her in the process. Neither of them deserved her; and if Kyoya had anything to do with it, they would never get another opportunity to hurt her again.

From the beginning, he never believed anything Hikaru said, and when he started to obtain different wounds, Kyoya had his suspicions that everything was fake or self-induced. The twins always had a flare for the dramatic and craved attention. If Haruhi was busy with studying or her career, the bespectacled man would not put it past Hikaru to take a dive or two for sympathy. Oh he believed Hikaru fell down the stairs and broke his arm, Kyoya had the x-rays to prove it was indeed broken, but Haruhi wasn't strong enough to push Hikaru down the stairs on her own, not if he was sober and paying attention. Some of the other wounds, Kyoya doubted. They seemed to be inflicted during times when Haruhi wasn't around. Like for example, she went on a week-long business trip during her internship – a dream for an intern when normally they were not picked for such a task – two days later, Hikaru showed up with a black eye. How? They had all said goodbye to Haruhi at the airport and Hikaru had been wound free.

"You also said that Tamaki doesn't want me near his daughter… What does he know?"

"Absolutely nothing. He has only been informed that we are having a bachelor party weekend of sorts for you. He knew nothing of Haruhi and the only reason he said that is because you demanded to be taken to her. He doesn't even know that you and Haruhi have been…shall we say talking since Hunny's wedding."

All color drained from his face, "How…How did you know? I mean I figured you knew something since this is you we're talking about, but…"

"All in due time. Everything will be explained."

Chika's eyes darted to his brother, "You knew everything too? Otherwise, why would you be waiting for me to make my decision?"

Hunny nodded, "Yep! Sure did!"

"So Satoshi and Takashi are your other conspirators."

"Only Satoshi. He must have told Takashi, and knowing him, he felt he had to get involved to protect Haru-Chan."

Face palming, Chika counted to ten and then rolled his eyes, "So, basically you planned everything."

The captain's voice came over the loud speaker and then Kyoya smirked, "No more until we get to the house. Everything will be explained then. Now, I recommend preparing for landing."

It wasn't until the plane had come to a complete stop and the door had opened so that the four young men could disembark that Tamaki jumped up wide awake, "Where are we mommy?"

"Will you…?" Pushing up his glasses, Kyoya took a deep breath and said, "We're in Hokkaido. Remember?"

"Yasuchika's bachelor party?"

"That's correct, moron. Now get your stuff and let's get to the house. Mori and Satoshi are already waiting on us."

"Because they got the house ready. Right?"

"Correct."

It was then that something dawned on Tamaki. Pointing his finger at the younger man, fire came out of his mouth when he growled, "You are not allowed anywhere near my beautiful daughter! Mommy! We have to protect our little girl!"

"Tamaki?" Kyoya pushed up his glasses creating a glare.

"Yes, mommy?"

"Do you want to be knocked out again?"

"No, mommy!" The very man he was just yelling at now became his shield.

Throwing back his elbow, Chika caught the former princely type in the gut and stepped away, "I'm not a barricade!"

Tamaki fell to his knees.

"Tamaki, get up and let's go. We are expected and a gentleman is never tardy."

"Yes, mommy," the blonde's voice was out of breath and raspy, but he got to his feet and followed the other three, not wanting to be left behind.

There was a car waiting for them out on the tarmac and they were quickly whisked away to the Morinozuka vacation home. What would be waiting for them? Would Haruhi be happy to see Chika? Even if she wasn't, it was time to have a long talk about everything.